Sung Yeoul Lee Artist Lecture Response- 11.12.10

I found the Sung Yeoul Lee artist lecture to be extremely intriguing because I was able to hear about art-making from the perspective of someone in a different field. To him concept seemed to be equal with his craft. He starts out with a general concept yet his final outcome is more important in the physical aspect. All his work deals with a central theme of people's relationships and how they interact or do not interact. His work could be described as social, wearable, and illusions. His latest work especially embodies all these descriptions. I found this work most compelling because he creates a simple form of technology that becomes a prominent part of the wearable sculpture.

While working on his undergraduate, he began using metal to create cubed objects that could transform into large objects, which directly correlated to the skyline of Seol, which he grew up around.  He became very well known during and after his college experience for his work with creating eyeglasses that were useful yet not something that would be worn by the public. One of his first eyeglasses was actually inspired by Morpheus from The Matrix. Soon after he decided to come to the USA to work on his graduate degree. Through this drastic move his work became extremely influence by people's relationships when creating his work because he said he found it hard to create relationships with Americans.

Both of my initial questions were answered. The first about what kind of relationship he is critiquing was addressed when he was describing why he started creating his work in Graduate school. The second question had to do with whether or not he would want to use clothing when creating his work. I feel he would be willing to use some non traditional material in order to create a form of clothing in his future work. After seeing his lecture, I feel my only question left has to do if his glasses he created as an undergraduate, had anything to do with how people interact as well, or if it was more craft and practicality oriented.